Chapter 565 The Old Lady's Request
After a while, the old lady slowly woke up, staring at the ceiling with dull eyes.
"Grandma, how do you feel?" The young woman from before hurried forward and asked with concern, and the others immediately gathered around.
The old lady looked dazed for a while, and asked in confusion: "Where am I?"
The man who looked like a doctor stepped forward to check on the old lady and said softly, "Old lady, do you remember what happened just now?"
The old lady was stunned for a while as if she was recalling what had just happened. After a while, she slowly said, "I only remember that I was going to go downstairs to get a glass of milk. When I walked to the stairs... I seemed to be tripped by something... I don't remember anything after that."
"Yamato, what's wrong with me?"
The doctor said, "You accidentally fell down the stairs. Fortunately, the floor was carpeted so you didn't get hurt. You just fainted."
"I see." The old lady sighed slightly, "I'm too old to be useful. I can't even go down the stairs without falling."
"No, Mom," a middle-aged woman came over holding a ball, with an angry look on her face, "You must have accidentally stepped on the ball when you were going down the stairs, so you fell down the stairs."
The old lady looked away, and after a while, she looked a little puzzled: "Is that so..."
"Grandma, let me help you back to your room." The young woman said softly.
The old lady nodded.
At this time, the housekeeper stepped forward and whispered something in the old lady's ear.
The old lady was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Yuya and the others, revealing a gentle smile: "Atou is here, this is your friend, right? Welcome, welcome, but you have seen how I look now... How about this, come to my room and chat for a while?"
Amuro Toru smiled and said, "No problem." Then he stepped forward to help the old lady and said to the young woman, "In that case, let's help the old lady back to her room."
The young woman hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Amuro."
Toru Amuro nodded, turned to look at Yuya, and signaled with his eyes.
Yu also walked forward with understanding, and the two of them helped the old lady walk to the second floor, while Miyano Shiho followed behind to prevent any accidents from happening.
The four of them came to the bedroom on the second floor.
Toru Amuro helped the old lady lie down on the bed and carefully put a cushion under her so that she could lie half-lying comfortably.
The old lady closed her eyes and rested for a while, looking as if she was asleep. After a long while, she suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Youye.
"Toru, if I remember correctly, you said this friend is a famous detective? But he looks so young..."
Toru Amuro looked at Yuya, meaning to let him introduce himself.
Yuya was too embarrassed to be so arrogant in front of his elders, so he coughed and said, "Hello, old lady. My name is Kamiya Yuya. I'm a relatively well-known detective in Tokyo, and I've solved a few cases worth hundreds of millions."
"Is that so..." The old lady nodded, "Since it was Atuo who said it, of course I believe you. In fact, I fell down the stairs just now, I'm afraid it wasn't an accident."
"Hmm?" Yuya's eyes narrowed slightly, "What do you mean?"
The old lady smiled bitterly: "They said I accidentally stepped on a ball and fell down the stairs, but the problem is... the ball belonged to our dog, Pochi."
"Pochi is very well behaved. He always takes the ball back to his nest after playing with it. There has never been an exception in all these years. So it is impossible for the ball to be there. Someone must have put it there on purpose. The purpose is..."
"Kill me! And then inherit my legacy."
The old lady started coughing due to some excitement, and Toru Amuro hurried forward and gently stroked her back.
Yuya touched his chin and glanced at Amuro Toru, who nodded slightly at him.
So he asked, "Do you have anyone you suspect?"
The old lady hesitated for a moment and then stated her suspicion.
There are six other people in this family besides the old lady.
They are her eldest son and daughter-in-law, Keisuke Hiranaka and Megumi Hiranaka; her second son Kota Hiranaka; her granddaughter Rina Hiranaka; her housekeeper Iwata; and her personal doctor Yamato.
The old lady suspected the first four people because they were all beneficiaries of her will, but she couldn't be sure which one or which ones it was.
"Little Yuya, do you have any ideas to prevent this from happening again?"
Yuya was a little confused and couldn't help asking: "Why don't you just find that person?"
The old lady shook her head and sighed, "It's not necessary. They are all my children. I don't have much time left to live. Sooner or later, the inheritance will be theirs."
"The reason why I don't want to die so soon is because the old man's death anniversary is only half a month away. I thought that I could at least wait until I have paid my respects to him before going down to reunite with him."
Youye pondered for a while, then said: "Although it is not good to meddle in other people's family affairs, it does involve possible murder... I have an idea, but whether to use it or not is entirely up to you, old lady."
The old lady nodded: "Just tell me."
Yuya said, "In order to prevent this from happening again, the best way is to change your will, leave your inheritance to a trusted friend, and make it public to others."
"That way, they won't attack you again. Instead, they'll want you to live well so that one day you can change your will again."
"Of course, you can't tell anyone except yourself which friend it is."
"As for whether or not to change the will, and how to change it, it's all up to you."
The old lady thought for a while, then nodded with a smile: "As expected of a famous detective praised by Atuo, this is a good idea." After that, she closed her eyes and let out a long breath, "I'm a little tired..."
Seeing this, Amuro Toru hurriedly said, "Then Madam Pingzhong, please take a rest. We will leave first."
The three of them left the bedroom, and before leaving, Youya subconsciously glanced at the room.
Before the door closed, Youya saw the old lady staring at the ceiling with her eyes wide open and a sad face.
After closing the door, Toru Amuro said apologetically to Yuya, "I'm sorry Yuya-kun, I didn't expect to encounter something like this."
Youye shook his head, looking at the stairs with deep eyes, and said: "It's okay. But even though the old lady said that there is no need to find the murderer, as a detective, I can't let that person go unpunished."
Amuro Toru nodded in agreement.
At this time, the housekeeper came over.
"Mr. Amuro, and these two friends, the old lady has already told me in advance, do you want me to take you to see the ferrets now?"
Yuya hesitated and said, "Mr. Butler, please take my girlfriend with you. Mr. Amuro and I still have some things to investigate."
The butler's face changed slightly. He looked around and confirmed that no one was around. He whispered, "Then I'll leave it to you two to find the murderer who wanted to kill the old lady!"
You was a little surprised. This butler seemed to be quite smart. He guessed what they were going to do right away, so he nodded and said, "Leave it to us."
The housekeeper took Miyano Shiho to see the ferrets.
Yuya and Amuro Toru walked down the stairs, examining carefully.
But nothing else suspicious was found.
Amuro Toru was a little confused: "Could it be that Mrs. Hiranaka really stepped on the ball and fell down?"
You also shook his head: "No, since the old lady said so, Pochi will always bring the ball into the nest without any mistakes. Although the elderly are sometimes a little confused, they may have a deeper impression of certain things than young people."
Amuro Toru nodded thoughtfully.
Yuya pointed to the nail on the side of the stairs and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the murderer may have used this nail to make a trip rope to make the old lady fall down the stairs."
Amuro Toru's eyes narrowed, he squatted down and checked the nail, then said: "Indeed, this nail was newly installed, and there are indentations left by being dragged."
"So, someone really murdered the old lady in order to inherit her inheritance as soon as possible?"
Yuya pinched his chin and nodded: "It is likely. But we arrived late and didn't see the scene when it happened, so we can't know who did it."
Amuro Toru sighed with some regret.
Youye said, "It's okay. Since the old lady has decided to change the will, the murderer will not kill anyone again. Otherwise, that person will not get a penny of the inheritance, which conflicts with his or her original purpose."